0 feedback. At least he is allowing returns. Run, don't walk. These are not rare. You can find others. GC has one or two uncs up for bid now.
Silver is white - the most reflective of all metals. "Ugly gray stuff" would be any other metal but Gold, Copper or Cesium.
Hammer time! You have to wear the parachute pants while you're working.
If the 'BIE' cent is any indication, there aren't any collectible errors. That is just a chipped die.
Not worth melting. Keeping them as coins allows easy identification of ASW.
One of the great pleasures in numismatics that the internet can't replace. Thank you for the story.
No. Off to Ian at GC.
Ditto. Would be easier to decide with color pics. From what I see, if the obverse looked like the reverse it might straight grade.
MEOW!!!
They're probably even rarer after the melts of 1980 and 2011. But if there aren't any collectors, it doesn't matter how rare it is. IF it ever...
If you look, you can find centering marks into the 1840s. It shows up most on half and large cents because nothing was engraved ot punched over it...
You could send it to ANACS and get it graded for $15 or so. The shipping would be pricey since they require Registered Mail for return. That being...
A lot of early U.S. coins had a centering point where they put the point of a compass into it to draw a circle showing where to stamp letter and...
I love it when they say that whatever coins (proof set, mint set, etc.) has never been "touched by human hands). What do they have, Orangutans...
The photos are so small (can you zoom in and not have so much area not covered by the coin), and out of focus that I can't tell.
Better than that - it's only on one side of the coin!
Counter-punched, not counter-struck. Individual punches were used, not a die.
ANACS grades Self-addressed Envelopes? When did they start doing that, and when did people start collecting them?
Could be either. What does the edge look like?
Exactly! Just like the 1937-D "3-legged" Buffalo Nickel. NOT AN ERROR. 1955 Doubled-Die Lincoln Cent... NOT AN ERROR.
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